Camp Wanake: A Beautiful Spiritual Place Among the Hills
Camp Wanake
Kelly Dickes served at Wanake
as Food Service Manager from 1994 to 1998.
His dedication to the quality
of his food and service endeared everyone who worked at Wanake in those
years to him.
He was quick with a joke and
cared deeply about staff and camper alike. He will be missed.
The following text is the complete original obituary
for J. Kelly Dickes from the Canton
Repository.
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Jack Kelly Dickes
age 52 of Canton passed away Sunday evening after an extended illness.
Kelly was born in Canton to the late Jack and Dottie Dickes. He was
a 1975 graduate of Glenwood High School and was a member of the school
band. He attended Ohio University and was in the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity;
He was Past President of the Tri-County Restaurant Assoc., a member
of Canton
Jaycees, North Canton 4H Riders and was named Outstanding Young Man
in America in 1982. He was the former owner of Dick's Sandwich Shop
and the Arcade Market.
He is survived by three children, Jennifer and husband Matt, Jack and
Evan; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Kraig and Susan Dickes of North
Myrtle Beach, Scott and Renee Dickes of Grove City, Ohio; two sisters,
Diana Hemminger of Bolivar and Tracy Arbuckle of Canton. There will
be no services.
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